12.06.2022 Ankara
Within the scope of the ‘My Profession My Life’ Work and Internship Program Cooperation Protocol signed by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu and the Minister of National Education Mahmut Özer, the application process for the intern and employment requests of companies has started. The protocol aims to provide qualified human resources to large-scale enterprises and SMEs, especially international and national companies.
Minister Özer, in his
statement on the subject, stated that with the paradigm change, vocational
education has now turned into a type of education that sheds light on the
future of the country and gives hope to people and society, “We are constantly
working to train the sought-after staff of the sector in our vocational high
schools and vocational training centers. Today, vocational education is a type
of education that carries out innovative studies with patent, utility model,
trademark and design registrations and can offer high added value to the
country's economy. I believe that our students and graduates who receive
education in these schools and institutions will add value to the companies
they work with. For this reason, I invite our companies within TOBB to recruit
intern students and graduates from vocational high schools and vocational
training centers that have made a name for themselves with their success
stories.”
- “We are strengthening
vocational education”
Stating that they are
constantly strengthening vocational education to support the country's
prosperity and development, to reduce the youth unemployment rate and look to
the future with hope, Özer said, “I believe that the private sector will add
energy to vocational education and vocational education will add energy to our
private sector.”
Minister Mahmut Özer
stated that with the protocol, those who work in the member enterprises of the
program and who have not completed their education life for any reason or who
want to obtain a mastery certificate in a different field can also be included
in the vocational training process and receive expertise certificates.
- Call from
Hisarcıklıoğlu to companies
TOBB President M. Rifat
Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that they have opened another productive field of work
with the Ministry of National Education on vocational education with the ‘My
Profession My Life’ Work and Internship Program Protocol and said, “With the
protocol, we aim to raise awareness about vocational education in large-scale
enterprises and SMEs operating in the national and international arena and to
meet qualified human resources from vocational education, thus channeling more students
towards vocational education. With the protocol, services will be provided to
determine the needs of the member enterprises of the program in terms of human
resources and to meet these needs from vocational training, students and
graduates will be provided with internship in these enterprises and matching
programs will be carried out for their employment.”
Emphasizing that
vocational education has two important pillars, student-graduate and teacher,
Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “Turkey’s private sector is robust with expansive knowledge
and experience. We need to transfer this knowledge and experience to the
vocational education system and ensure that our students graduate equipped with
this knowledge. We will match schools with educational experts within the
companies that are members of the program. After the matching, these people
will be able to work with the field teachers in the trainings organized in the
schools and transfer their knowledge and experience to students. This part of
the protocol will be carried out entirely on a voluntary basis.”
In this context,
Hisarcıklıoğlu called on all enterprises that are members of the Chamber-Commodity
Exchange to be included in the program.
- How will companies
apply to the program?
· In order to request
an intern from vocational training, companies must fill out the application
form at https://anket.tobb.org.tr/#/anket/meslegim-hayatim.
· Then, students will
be matched with the requesting companies.
- What are the
supports provided?
· Regardless of the
number of employees in the enterprise, students who go to internship will be
paid 1,276 TL per month, and students attending the 12th grade of
the Vocational Training Center will be paid a monthly fee of 2,126 TL.
· These fees will be
covered by the government. There will be no additional obligations for
employers.